function readCookie(name)
  { 
  var cookieValue = "";
  var search = name + "=";
  if(document.cookie.length > 0)
  { 
    offset = document.cookie.indexOf(search);
    if (offset != -1)
    { 
      offset += search.length;
      end = document.cookie.indexOf(";", offset);
      if (end == -1) end = document.cookie.length;
      cookieValue = unescape(document.cookie.substring(offset, end));
      
    }
  }
  return cookieValue;
}